Snap-hook.



LE BOY L; 82; H. ZIMMER.

SNAP HOOK.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 8, 1910. 995,8 1 3, Patented 'June 13, 1911'.

LE ROY L. ZIMMER AND HERBERT ZIMMER, OF MASSILLON, OHIO.

SNAP-HOOK.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, LE ROY L. ZIM- MER and HERBERT ZIMMER, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Massillon, in the county of Stark andState of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSnap-Hooks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in snap hooks andis primarily designed to provide one which is novel in its constructionand yet simple and durable, making the same desirable where snap hooksare a necessity.

With the above and other objects in View reference is to be had to thefollowing description, claims, and the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation disclosing the present invention; Fig. 2 isa plan View thereof; Fig. 3 is a View illustrating the present inventioncovered with leather or other desirable material.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 indicates the main bodyportion of the hook, the same being constructed of any desirablematerial. The body is provided with a bill 2 and a shank 3, said billand shank being parallel to each other. Secured to the shank 8, near tothe bend of the body and by any desirable means is an attaching orbearing member 4:, having its free terminals 5 deflected to a planeparallel to that of shank 3. The extremity of the bill 2 is adapted tohave a yieldable contact with the bearing member 4 as illustrated, saidextremity being deflected, if it is desired, to form a grip whereby thesaid bill may be lifted from the bearing member. The strap Specificationof Letters Patent.

Application filed September 8, 1910.

Patented June 13, 1911.

Serial No. 581,037.

of the harness or other member to which the hook is secured is placedintermediate the parallel portions 3 and 5 and secured thereto by therivet-s or other desirable means 6.

The entire structure may be covered with leather or other material toprevent any noise.

From the above construction it will be observed that the member 4 isrigid, differing in this respect from the old form hook in which saidmember is yieldable. By this construction the hook is made simple andyet as durable if not more so than the old type. The snap hook of thepresent invention is particularly adapted to hold back straps onharness, and in fact all such straps form component parts of harness.

Having thus described our invention,what is claimed as new is:

An article of manufacture, a hook comprising a shank provided with abill spaced therefrom, a bearing member rigidly secured to said shankadjacent to the junction of said bill and shank, said bearing memberbeing deflected from said shank to the bearing terminal of said bill andfrom thence parallel with said shank, said bill having a yieldingcontact with said bearing member, and spacing members rigidly connectingsaid parallel portion of the bearing member to said shank, and adaptedto have a strap end passed therearound as set forth.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

LE ROY L. ZIMMER. HERBERT ZIMMER. lVitnesses ELsoN A. "WEFLER, JOHN J.WEFLER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. G.

